September 24, 2003—Encorp will provide utility interconnect and digital-paralleling switchgear, controls and communication software for two on-site, combined-heat-and-power projects in San Francisco and New Jersey.
RealEnergy, the largest provider of on-site power systems for the commercial real estate industry, selected Encorp Generator Power Controls, Utility Power Controls and Communication Processor Modules for owned-and-operated energy systems at 595 Market St., in San Francisco, Calif., and Park 80 West in Saddlebrook, New Jersey.
Stewart & Stevenson will provide the combined-heat-and-power system for RealEnergy at the San Francisco site.
RealEnergy’s on-site generation system at Tower Realty’s 31-story, 408,000 square-foot office building in San Francisco’s financial district, will provide approximately 83 percent of the building’s electric needs, 88 percent of hot-water needs and 26 percent of chilled water needs.
As with all RealEnergy systems, the local utility will provide the remaining power needs.
The on-site combined-heat-and-power system will feature three 375-kilowatt and one 280-kilowatt Waukesha natural-gas engine-generator sets that include Encorp Generator Power Controls—or Gold Boxes—and Utility Power Controls.
Encorp also will provide its Communication Processor Module, which provides the communication link and transmits e-mail alarms to system operators if a generator runs abnormally or if pre-scheduled maintenance is required. The CPM also will capture electric, gas-fuel and thermal-energy parameters that RealEnergy’s Operations Center will use to monitor the project’s economic return on investment.
RealEnergy’s on-site generation system at Park 80 West in Saddlebrook, New Jersey, will supply approximately half of the electricity for Transwestern Investment Company’s 488,000 square-foot, two-building office complex. The system will feature an 820-kilowatt Caterpillar natural-gas engine generator that also will provide a significant portion of the complex’s heating and cooling requirements.
For more information, contact Encorp.
